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"Amos 'n' Andy", one of the most popular and long-running radio programs of all time, was brought to television in the summer of 1951. The series was produced by Freemad Gosden and Charles Correll, the two actors who had created and starred in the radio version. Since they were white, and the entire cast of the show on television had to be black, a much ballyhooed search was held, over a period of four years, to find the right actors to play the parts. Only Ernestine Wade and Amanda... Topics: OTR, Old Time Radio, Amos and Andy, Amos & Andy, Amos&Andy

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An extremely rare episode of Amos and Andy complete with announcements and commercials by Bill Hay. Amos, Andy, and the Kingfish go on a cross country drive while Andy writes an outlandish novel of their experiences. Topics: Amos & Andy, old time radio comedy, Gosden and Correll

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A 15/November/1952 TV special featuring many of the the major CBS stars of the era, plus a few that have fallen into obscurity. Picture quality is terrible, very shaky and pixelated. ( 2 reviews ) Topics: Classic TV, Television, CBS, 1950s, 50s, Fifties, Amos & Andy, Jack Benny

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(14 Episodes) OTR Correll & Gosden (aka Sam 'n Henry) (aka Amos & Andy) SAM 'N' HENRY, and later AMOS 'N' ANDY, was the start of radio serials. It wasn't uncommon for real talent to leave a program and start a new show under a new name, leaving the station with the former program in name only. This happened often, and it happened with one of the earliest, most popular and longest running radio programs, one that hit the air in 1926. Charles Correll & Freeman Gosden had been working... ( 2 reviews ) Topics: Old Time Radio, OTR Sitcom, OTR Comedy, OTR Musical, Charles Correll & Freeman Gosden, Sam 'n'...

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The biggest names in Hollywood and Broadway recorded for AFRS during the war years, The American Forces Network can trace its origins back to May 26, 1942, when the War Department established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). The U.S. Army began broadcasting from London during World War II, using equipment and studio facilities borrowed from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first transmission to U.S. troops began at 5:45 p.m. on July 4, 1943 and included less than five hours... ( 1 reviews ) Topics: AFRS, OTR, GI JIVE, Count Basie, Erskine Hawkins, Words With Music, Stan Kenton, One Night Stand,...